To be fair, the military didn’t stop this from happening. Fighters were scrambled but not much protection came because it was too late. Unless you are a conspiracy theorist who believes UA 93 was shot down, in which case I really don’t want to get involved in this argument.

I fear the US’s biggest threat will come from within.

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The opposite is usually more true.

I couldn’t agree more. I refuse to pigeon hole any one group. I’ve seen good and bad from all groups mentioned. What I’m more interested in is flying with guys that like being airmen. If it has wings, let’s fly it and fly it well. Hand fly when appropriate, understand the system you’re working in, and learn from the guys you fly with. The job isn’t hard, but to be really good at it takes work. I see too many guys just mailing it in. I consider it to be a craft that takes dedication to be really good at.

So far, true. White domestic terrorists have killed more people on American soil than any other terrorist group. An example, that is not too well known illustrates the point: The largest loss of life in a K-12 terrorist attack was when a White farmer in Michigan blew up his local school.

Also, happened 91 years ago, involved a disgruntled public employee and was hardly aimed at domestic political regime change. Crime? Yes. Tragic? Yes. Terrorism as presently understood? No.

GF

I'm still waiting to hear what exactly a 'mom and pop shop' means.

Maybe you're just indicating that you don't trust your own resume/interviewing skills.

Pop Belkins Flying Service.

It seems like having a zillion hours doesn't mean what it used to. I don't know if it's the supposed accident data linking both very high time and low time guys to more accidents (than guys that are somewhere in the middle), but, there seems to be a little more focus on the person and a little less focus on the flight hours nowadays. That said, joining and succeeding in the military implies many characteristics that employers want to see. Getting mad because a military guy is getting interviewed with less hours is silly. So is getting mad that the girl who devoted most of her life to charity had her resume moved to the top of the list. Like others said, most people with the work ethic can succeed in this job, but it matters who you're going to be sitting 2 feet away from in a cockpit for 8 hours a day and, moreover, it matters how that person is going to react when a once in a lifetime ****storm of a situation happens (God forbid) that goes beyond tapping into knowledge from past flying and requires a lot of those aforementioned characteristics to truly work as a crew and survive.